Assessing the Impact of a Reality TV Fashion Model Contest on Women's State Body Dissatisfaction, Affect, and Self‐Esteem: An Experience Sampling Study of Women With and Without Eating Disorders

This study demonstrates that TV model contests may have negative psychological effects on women, particularly women with EDs. Accordingly, these shows may play a role in the aetiology and maintenance of EDs. Interventions increasing the critical distance to such content might be developed for at-risk groups.